He was attacked while he was changing Jonylah’s diaper. Jonylah’s mother and Jonathan’s wife, Judy Watkins spoke at the vigil:

“He loved this baby,” Judy Watkins said Tuesday afternoon from a makeshift memorial at the scene of Jonylah Watkins‘ shooting in the 6500 block of South Maryland Avenue. “When I told him this morning that she died, he was crying. He can’t believe it.”

Asked about the police assertion Tuesday that the shooting may have been gang-related, she said she didn’t know which gangs police were referring to.

Judy Watkins, 19, said she wants justice for her daughter.

“I’m looking for him,” she said of Jonylah’s killer. “When I find him, he’s going to jail.”

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